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Employment—horizon scanner

Practice Note: Employment—horizon scanner scans the horizon for what’s new, and upcoming changes in employment law. It details upcoming dates of relevance for employment lawyers, covering cases, legislation and consultations, presented in a chronological format.

Employment Rights Act 2025—tracker

Practice Note: Employment Rights Act 2025—tracker provides a summary of the provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) (previously the Employment Rights Bill 2024 (ERB)). It provides an overview of the topics covered by ERA 2025, the relevant sections and/or Schedule details, a brief overview of the relevant provisions, whether further consultation and/or secondary legislation is required, and links to Practice Notes that set out further details on the current position. The Practice Note also summarises consultations issued on matters covered by ERA 2025 and gives details of commencement provisions.

Labour Government workplace reforms—tracker

Practice Note: Labour Government workplace reforms—tracker tracks the progress and detail of the employment-related Bills announced in the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024 which set out the Labour

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